going over

plural going overs · plural goings over · alternative going-over

1. An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.

   After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over.

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   Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold.

   Synonyms: audit, check, scrutiny

2. An overhaul.

   Synonyms: renovation, repair, revision

3. A severe, thorough scolding.

   Synonyms: browbeating, dressing down, objurgation, berating, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption

4. A sound thrashing, beating.

   When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life.

   Synonyms: hiding, pummeling, smackdown, ass beating, ass kicking, battering, beatdown, beating

alternative going-over

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of go over

   The client is going over the new proposal as we speak.

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   The new policies aren't going over well with the staff.

2. slanggovernmentOf a wrestler or wrestlers: to be scheduled to win a match.